taxonomy - Category wise Question and Answer Practice Test with Solutions

Question : 11 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]

A hydrophyte is

a) An aquatic plant

b) A plant disease

c) A marine animal

d) A rootless plant

Question : 12 [UPPCS (Mains) 2008]

Mushroom used in for making juicy vegetable is a

a) Algae

b) Green vegetable

c) Fungus

d) Flesh of animal

Question : 13 [IAS (Pre) 2002]

In a bisexual flower, if androecium and gynoecium mature at different times, the phenomenon is known as

a) Herkogamy

b) Heterogamy

c) Dichogamy

d) Monogamy

Question : 14 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008]

Which one of the following groups of organisms has significant in diagnosing the death by drowning?

a) Protozoa

b) Cyanobacteria

c) Lichens

d) Diatoms

Question : 15 [UP (Pre) 2013]

Consider the following statements.

1. Weeping jelly is due to an excess of acid.
2. Biofertilizer most suited to sugarcane are Rhizobium.
3. Plants grown in salt water are called thallophytes.
4. Dormancy breaking hormone is cytokinin.

a) Only 2 and 3

b) Only 3 and 4

c) Only 1 and 2

d) Only 4 and 1